Christmas Songs

Mr Russell · **Joined:** 6th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 12367

My favourite three songs are as follows:

3) Jona Lewie - Stop the Cavalry
Not a proper Christmas song, but full of rum pa pum pum.

2) Chris de Burgh - A Spaceman Came Travelling
"na na na na, na na na, na na na!"
I remember at primary school two girls did a performance dance thing in assembly to this song and it was ace.

1) Shakin Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
My absolute fave ever; helped by the fact it doesn't come on as much as some others. I cannot truly feel christmassy until I hear this played on the radio. Led to a nearly ruined Christmas one year when I managed to not hear it until Christmas eve.

So what are your favourite Christmas songs or songs that make you feel christmassy?

ApplePieOfDestiny · **Joined:** 17th Dec, 2008 **Posts:** 8293

Fairytale of New York. One of the single best songs ever, let alone christmas.

Any posts that do not reiterate this are rendered void.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38803

Gotta love Fairytale of New York.

But my absolute faves are the old crooner style ones. Y'know "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "White Christmas", "Let it Snow" etc.

Mainly because years of singing along to them have left me with a passable baritone

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

DavPaz wrote:

Gotta love Fairytale of New York.

But my absolute faves are the old crooner style ones. Y'know "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", "White Christmas", "Let it Snow" etc.

Mainly because years of singing along to them have left me with a passable baritone

Ditto. I have a couple of CDs of 40s/50s Christmas music. It's like Christmas in Fallout.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38803

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 13:24

Ignoring 'Fairytale', as everyone loves it and yes it is awesome...

"Mele Kalikimaka (Christmas in Hawaii)" is my other favourite. There are many versions out there, and KT Tunstall's is surprisingly awesome.

Also, 'Simply Having a Wonderful Xmastime' and '2000 Miles' are good.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Our local shopping centre have been playing Gary Glitter's 'Rock N' Roll Christmas' too often for me to not think it's deliberate.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22422

Fairytale in New York is great, but the best xmas song ever is obviously

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Merry Christmas Everyone
Fairytale of New York
And the utterly magnificent Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses is my number one.

Watch this and marvel at the incredible lyrics

It's so lovely it makes me want to cry. Really.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11920

Does Mr Blobby count?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38803

I never knew it was such a depressing song!

Mainly because the lyrics are incomprehensible.

Trooper · **Joined:** 4th Mar, 2010 **Posts:** 22422

Nirejhingle Bells wrote:

Merry Christmas Everyone
Fairytale of New York
And the utterly magnificent Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses is my number one.

Watch this and marvel at the incredible lyrics

It's so lovely it makes me want to cry. Really.

great minds...

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 13:38

1: Bing and Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy
The absolute best Christmas song.

2: Shakin' Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
Awesome, cheesy pop. Can't help but love it really.

3: The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
Just class, as everyone else has said.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 13:40

GoodKingWrongceslas wrote:

Ditto. I have a couple of CDs of 40s/50s Christmas music. It's like Christmas in Fallout.

Heh, I listened to a very 'Fallout' Christmas tune on Radio 2 this morning. Needs me some of that shit.

Derek The Halls · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3742

Trooper wrote:

Nirejhingle Bells wrote:

Merry Christmas Everyone
Fairytale of New York
And the utterly magnificent Christmas Wrapping by the Waitresses is my number one.
[...]

It's so lovely it makes me want to cry. Really.

great minds...

We must have been posting at exactly the same time as your post definitely wasn't there when I was posting. I did spend a few minutes tracking down the video I wanted though. Via Spice Girls and some other person.

So not only do great minds think alike, they think alike at the same time.

Blucey · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2274

I read the topic title and thought 'mistletoe and mongs.'

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 14:49

I'll vote for that change.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 14:51

I like Fairytale, Christmas Wrapping and Kylie's version of Santa Baby, which sounds a lot like I'd imagine she sounds when she's trying to convince (ha!) someone to go to bed with her.

MrChris · **Joined:** 1st Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 30498

Oooh, oooh, oooh! "Just Like Christmas" by Low is the bestest.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 14:52

Handel's Messiah

See also: Easter.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:16

I do have a soft spot for All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey. But that's because she looked really porkable in that red jumpsuit.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:17

GoodKingWrongceslas wrote:

Oooh, oooh, oooh! "Just Like Christmas" by Low is the bestest.

Unwrapping your Mum is just like Christmas.

Pundabaya · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5016

I despise all Christmas songs, apart from 'Stop the Cavalry'.

Kern · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:23

Your Mum stops cavalrymen

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:28

Yes! Christmas Wrapping is good.

As is "Driving Home for Christmas"

But the underrated classic is "I want an alien for Xmas" by Fountains of Wayne

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:30

I like "Don't Let The Bells End" by The Darkness, too.

kalmar · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:32

Most of the above!

I like new contender "Christmas was better in the '80s" by the Futureheads, also.

Zio · **Joined:** 31st Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 6093

Grim... wrote:

I like "Don't Let The Bells End" by The Darkness, too.

Heh, my girlfriend really liked that until I pointed out the significance of the line "Don't let the bells end, just let them ring peace." The video for that was pretty good too.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 15:37

...and "Santa Claus is Gunning You Down" from Futurama.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 16:13

kalmyrrh wrote:

Most of the above!

I like new contender "Christmas was better in the '80s" by the Futureheads, also.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 19:19

Trooper wrote:

Fairytale in New York is great, but the best xmas song ever is obviously

Obv.

TheVision · **Posted:** Mon Dec 20, 2010 19:31

I hate that song. My hatred stems from having it on the store tapes at Christmas when I worked at GAME... over and over again.

See also, the new radicals.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:03

I work in retail, so most Christmas music can fuck right off. My store does liven things up a bit by playing some utterly weird stuff - the drum & bass version of Little Drummer Boy causes quite a few puzzled looks from customers, likewise the techno remix of Bing Crosby singing The First Noel. And Hip Hop Santa of course, which manages to rhyme "Christmas" with "LA Isthmus".

Oh, and Fairytale of New York is the best, obviously.

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 13:47

Malc74CallingBirds wrote:

I work in retail, so most Christmas music can fuck right off. My store does liven things up a bit by playing some utterly weird stuff - the drum & bass version of Little Drummer Boy causes quite a few puzzled looks from customers, likewise the techno remix of Bing Crosby singing The First Noel. And Hip Hop Santa of course, which manages to rhyme "Christmas" with "LA Isthmus".

Links! Or proper names, at least!

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 13:52

James Browns - Funky Christmas has some great tunes on it too.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 14:46

Grim... wrote:

Malc74CallingBirds wrote:

I work in retail, so most Christmas music can fuck right off. My store does liven things up a bit by playing some utterly weird stuff - the drum & bass version of Little Drummer Boy causes quite a few puzzled looks from customers, likewise the techno remix of Bing Crosby singing The First Noel. And Hip Hop Santa of course, which manages to rhyme "Christmas" with "LA Isthmus".

Links! Or proper names, at least!

Here's Bing. (Attaboy House Remix, apparently).

Damned if I can find the other two though... I suspect they're more than a little bit obscure (either that or I'm just shit at searching for stuff).

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38803

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Remix ... 543&sr=8-1

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38803

I'm aware that album doesn't have hip hop santa or Drummer boy, btw

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 15:45

DavPaz wrote:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christmas-Remixed-Holiday-Classics-Re-Grooved/dp/B001HE6Z2K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1292942543&sr=8-1

TO THE ("Add to basket button" - Ed)!

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38803

Little Drum and Bass Boy?

Grim... · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 15:54

I saw that. Stupid multi-talented people.

Curiosity · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 16:19

Make sure you get Easy-E's "Merry Motherfucking Christmas".

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 16:26

Curiositree wrote:

Make sure you get Easy-E's "Merry Motherfucking Christmas".

If only he wasn't so easy. :'(

*Pours a lil real ale on the sidewalk*

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 17:17

I managed to get to today without hearing Slade. If only the checkout line at The A S ' D A's hadn't been so long, I'd have gotten out before it came on.

metalangel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 18:17

Right! Some non-standard Christmas music for you.

The restroom door said gentlemen
Sarah McLachlan - Full of Grace
Bob & Doug McKenzie - The 12 Days of Christmas
The Pipettes - A Winter's Sky
Weird Al - Christmas at Ground Zero (ignore the weird video)
Wesley Willis!
Dr. Elmo - Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer (Irish Rovers version is better IMHO)

I am astonished nobody has mentioned Chris Rea. Yes, it's perhaps overplayed, but I do tend to hear it in the car as I'm doing just that, and it cheers me up a lot.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 18:21

Suicide Turkeys wrote:

I am astonished nobody has mentioned Chris Rea. Yes, it's perhaps overplayed, but I do tend to hear it in the car as I'm doing just that, and it cheers me up a lot.

Yeah, I love it for that.

metalangel · **Posted:** Thu Dec 23, 2010 0:51

It occurred to me today in work:

"See you drivin' home for Christmas with the girl I love and I'm like, FUCK YOOOOU!"

JohnCoffey · **Posted:** Thu Dec 23, 2010 1:15

NKC chestnuts roasting on an open fire

And walking round in women's underwear.

Warhead · Noob as of 6/8/10

Perhaps I shouldn't really be negative, but I don't like Christmas, and one of the myriad reasons is dog damn Christmas songs. There's not one I can think of that I like.

But then I'm just a grumpy old sod.

Malabelm · **Posted:** Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:04

MerryXmasWarIsOver wrote:

Perhaps I shouldn't really be negative, but I don't like Christmas, and one of the myriad reasons is dog damn Christmas songs. There's not one I can think of that I like.

But then I'm just a grumpy old sod.

Except I do like Christmas for the time off. The rest of it can get fucked, though.

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